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Roy MacGregor was born in the small village of Whitney, Ontario, and was raised in
the town of Huntsville, both on the boundaries of Ontario's Algonquin Park. Prior
to joining The Globe and Mail in 2002, MacGregor worked for the National Post (1998-2002) and the Ottawa Citizen (1986-1998). In more than 30 years of journalism,
MacGregor has won most of the writing awards available in that profession including
the National Newspaper Award (1995) for sportswriting and four gold medals in the
National Magazine Awards. The author of more than 30 books, Roy MacGregor was
nominated for the Governor General's Awarrd for [Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey].
[Forever] features Roy's own family and is based on his own Christmas Classic
that took place every year in Huntsville, Ontraio. Roy MacGregor lives in Kanata,
Ontario, with Ellen. They have four children: Kerry, Christine, Jocelyn and Gordon. |